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Dave Palmer_3

Went to see a new customer to replace a broken oil tank gauge and while I was there he asked about adding two more zones.He's planning a finished basement and adding a second floor with master bath and jaccuzzi tub.I look around the corner to see a converted GE.I asked if he could fill the tub now,and when he said no I asked how he was going to fill a 90 gallon tub.Poor guy never thought of it.I did a heat loss gave him a price and two days later he called and added extra things he(wife)wanted.I gave him the gauge for free.

Steamhead

With that old GE gone

he will probably be able to heat house with the additions and Jacuzzi on not much more oil than the GE used. Nice work, Dave.

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Jackchips

Nice looking

job, Dave.

Steamhead, I had a GE many years ago. A rebuilt from on of the mansions in Worcester, Ma. It ran extremely clean and cheap. I only gave it up because of the leaks in my radiant and my service tech (very rare folks) retired.

Did they become oil eaters with the replacement burners?

Jackchips

Nice looking

job, Dave.

Steamhead, I had a GE many years ago. A rebuilt from one of the mansions in Worcester, Ma. It ran extremely clean and cheap. I only gave it up because of the leaks in my radiant and my service tech (very rare folks) retired.

Did they become oil eaters with the replacement burners?

Steamhead

That might have been part of it

I remember hearing they weren't very efficient or reliable, maybe faulty setup played a part there.

It would be interesting to run our favorite old boilers thru the AFUE test to see how they stack up against newer ones. I know of a Spencer #2-5 that would probably do rather well....

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J.C.A.

Dave,

You heard my thoughts for the old G.E.'s today , and I'll stand by that !

For the rest of you oil mongers who never had the pleasure , this boiler was indestructible. Dave spoke to me today of cutting the old beast and finding the metal just as solid as the day it was installed .I will concour with him on that . The original burner was a lesson in the Rube Goldberg design of mechanical switchery. Everytime the thing fired ...a guy from MIT laughed and breathed a sigh of relief .

The biggest advantage to the "downfire design" they employed , was the QUIET , (an area that oil is losing customers to in droves!). These puppies were as quiet as a ROTARY burner ! (sorry newbies, you missed them too!). They weighed far more than they looked like they should, and my guess would be that you will still find a bunch of them abandoned in the basement.

Nice looking replacement Dave. I'm sure the homeowner will thank you for the upgrade. Chris

Dave Palmer_3

Chris

I've pushed many under my fair share of stairs,Dave

Dave Palmer_3

not too bad on fuel,very quiet,but yeah rotarys were very cool,changed one of the last in RI a couple of years ago.Kind of sad to see it go but all good and not so good things must come to a end.Dave

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Bob Bona_4

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GE's were the worst to get situated on a hand truck..so many protrusions and appendages, and heavy? Yes! I have winched out more than a couple..one time I enlisted a wrecker with a boom to extract one!

I always thought the top cover made a great sled-watch the sharp edges though...

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